Sew easy....

While on my recent trip to SC, my friend E sparked an interest in me to begin sewing. I decided to try my hand at making a little jumper. Furgie also helped....she would lay on the fabric as I tried to cut it out or would knock the spool of thread to the floor and bat it around for a while. I always had to ruin her fun. What a party crasher, eh!!

Well, I learned some really good lessons while making this jumper. I learned not to use brand new, super sharp scissors on an outfit when it is 99.9999% complete. Plus I learned to be OVERLY careful with the iron. Yes, when I was completely finished with the dress, I ironed the hem and was trimming some excess pieces of fabric on a seam. When I ironed, I singed the hem (didn't even notice it and then we tried getting it out with lemon juice...which worked for the most part). When cutting, I somehow snipped a hole in the dress, also. Other than those two MINUTE mistakes, it turned out super cute. I think so, anyway. :)

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Okay....Thanksgiving dinner turned out really yummy. I was too tired to eat much though. I even took pictures of some of the items I made, but they're not on the camera anymore. ?? Don't know what happened there...maybe I only imagined I took the pictures. :)

My favorite part was the rolls and the made-from-scratch pie crust (pecan chocolate chip pie was the best!).

This is me in my finest Thanksgiving garb. My mother and grandmother were working at the table behind me, sewing a pillow topper for the coffee table.